Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
TK returned that night with bread and milk. It was the simplest things he could find. He entered Erin’s cell first “Dinner is here…” he laughed as he settled it on the ground “Actually, it’s more like breakfast.”
Her head was leaned on the wall “I’m not hungry.”
He turned up to look at her “I’m not going to let you starve.”
“I don’t care.” She said without energy.
“Don’t you want enough energy to kill me?” he asked ironically.
“No, I don’t care what happens to you. I only care about Shelly. Go feed her.” Erin had counted the days she was there. Four days and three nights to be exact. She hasn’t eaten in two days. She had lost hope and a part of her didn’t want to be found.
TK let out a sigh as he got up and walked over to her with two slices of bread “She’s nice and plump, I guarantee it.”
“Your word is like shit to me.” Erin said. Her eyes were tired and red.
“Yes. It probably is. But you have no choice, you have to believe me. Because if you don’t, then your precious little sister is already dead.” TK said reasonably. He seem to read her mind without even trying.
“Reina taught you that?” Erin asked with her eyes closed.
“No and yes. I learned that crap from that book. Human Sociology by Dr. Ethan Chan.” He arched his neck up with importance “The guy’s a geek if you ask me. But he’s got some good points. Did you know that some psychologists use hypnotism to get serial killers to tell him everything?”
“I don’t care.” Erin opened her eyes and looked at him in the eye “I don’t care about the book, I don’t care about serial killers and I don’t care about YOU!!!!” she yelled in his face. Her veins were popping out of her neck “You killed him!!” she couldn’t help the tears that found it’s way out “Why? What did he do wrong?” she reached out suddenly and grabbed the guy’s shoulder, her nails digging into his shoulder “He didn’t deserve to die…” she choked out “Why…” she began sobbing while her head lowered.
For the first time, he actually felt remorse as he reached out and hugged her unexpectedly “I didn’t know you would take it so hard…For whatever its worth…I’m sorry.”
“Shut up!” Erin yelled as she pushed him away and he stumbled back on his butt “Get out!” she pointed to the door “Now! I don’t want to see your face or hear your voice.”
He put up his hands in defense “Okay…okay…just calm yourself. I’ll go.” He grabbed the bags and left her to sob. He locked the door and shook his head sadly “Sorry…” he whispered and continued on down the hall to his left. He opened the door and walked inside “Hi.” He greeted Shelly.
She cornered herself into a ball “Go away.” She uttered.
“What is with you Yeung girls?” he asked with a touch of annoyance.
“What? Is Ga Jei here?” Shelly asked as she pushed herself up and over to him “Where is she? Is she okay?”
TK nodded “She’s fine. Now eat your dinner.”
“No, I want to see her!” Shelly raced for the door but he was quicker “Please, I want to see her!” she begged.
“No. That will ruin my plans.” TK said calmly “She is safe. Trust me. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.” He smiled sweetly “We need a maid of honor.”
Shelly backed away slowly “What?”
“Yeah, I’m gonna be your brother in law.” He pointed to himself with a laugh “We’re going to be so rich!!” he exclaimed. He let out laugh so psychotic that it brought shivers down her spine and goosebumps erupted her skin “Well that is if you play your cards right. If you don’t cooperate, don’t even think about seeing your sister and boyfriend again.”
Her lips quivered as he laughed and laughed again. She sat down on the ground while he left the food with her. Her eyes tear up just the thought of Erin being in the same place, she wanted so desperate to see her. She wanted her sister to hug her and tell her it would be okay and they would catch this maniac and put him away for life. But at the moment, her hopes were devoured by the echoing laugh of TK.
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Darren found the old lawyer that did the paper work for the Yeung and Keung families. He had retired ages ago and resides in a humble apartment in Sa Tin. He knocked on the door and it was answered by a young girl, probably no older than 16 “Can I help you?” she asked through the metal door.
“I’m here to see Mr. Cheung.” Darren nodded with a friendly smile.
“My grandfather or father?” she asked.
“Grandfather.” Darren replied.
The girl decided he was not dangerous as she let him in “He’s really old and a little senile, he might not remember you.” The girl advised.
“It’s okay. I just have a few questions.” Darren nodded at the girl as she went to fetch the old man. She pushed him out in a wheelchair and served tea for them “Mr. Cheung?” the old man nodded without alertness “I’m Darren Chiu. I’m a close family friend of the Yeungs’ and Keungs’. They were wondering where the legal documents for the inheritance is?”
“Documents?” the man asked questioningly.
“Yes. I’m a family lawyer. I took over when you retired but we could not locate you for you moved too fast.” Darren tried to convince the old man. He had practiced the dialogue for quite some time and knew he had perfect it when the man smiled with recollection.
“Ying.” He turned to his granddaughter “In my room, there is a red file in the drawer beside my bed. Bring it out.”
“Yes.” She replied obediently and retrieved the file minutes later. She handed it to him and in return he gave it to Darren.
“How are the families now? I vaguely remember the fire. Were the kids saved?” his memory failure still allowed him to remember some things.
“The Yeung’s two daughters are well and the Keung’s son is good too.” He felt no need to be honest. He opened the file and skimmed through the signed papers “Was there any witnesses when the parents signed the forms?”
“Yes, Mrs. Yeung’s brother was present.” Darren’s eyes lit up, Erin and Shelly had an uncle. “But I recall her telling me he was a traveler and didn’t like to be in one place.” The old man nodded.
Darren flipped to the signature page and pinned his finger down until he reached ‘witness’. The name he read made his stomach flip “Him…” he turned and thanked the old lawyer as he prepared to leave.
Chuck was sitting around in the conference room with his laptop open, the homing device worked like a charm. For some reason, TK was back on land “Where do you think he goes?” Mia wondered out loud as she followed the trail on the screen.
“More guns? We don’t know what he’s thinking.” Ted shook his head with his hand balled up at his chin “What does the Mayor have to do with this?”
Ryan slapped his hand on the desk when he thought of something. His face beamed “That’s it! Don’t you see? The Mayor has the power to marry two people. If this freak is trying to get Erin to marry him, he couldn’t just walk into a city hall. So why not…”
“Kidnap the Mayor and make him sign the documents.” Becca nodded as she slowly smiled. She pushed him on the shoulder “Wow, you just solved one question. It’s not official, but let me welcome you to the team.” She reached out and shook his hand.
“I don’t think you have the power, Becca.” Doug laughed and she stuck her tongue out at him.
“He’s a freak if you ask me.” Mia snickered.
“Has anyone heard from Darren?” Chuck asked. The group shook their heads “I guess I can update him later. Becca, make sure Ah Bat is still alive. How long have you kept him hostage in that room?” Chuck asked.
She shrugged “Don’t know.”
He noticed her itching her ear “What’s wrong now?”
“It’s this ear piece. It doesn’t fit me.” She pulled it out.
“That’s because it was made to fit Jessie’s ear.” Ted said.
Becca looked disgusted as she tossed it away “Ew…why didn’t you ever tell me?!!”
Doug caught it with ease as he rolled it around his fingers “No one can fit hers.” It was a double meaning and obvious to Becca. His face twisted with disgust as he tossed it over to Chuck “Ew, it’s been in Becca’s ear!!” he began wiping his hand on Ted’s shirt.
“Very mature.” Ted rolled his eyes while Mia laughed.
Chuck caught the device and then his brows wrinkled. That was the thing he had forgotten about! He could have punched himself “Damn!” he cursed and pushed his chair back to go to his office.
The five looked at each other strangely “I think he forgot to pee.” Becca guessed.
“No, I think it’s more important than that.” Ted got up and motioned for the team to follow him. They approached his office and found Chuck rummaging through his drawers “Did you lose something?”
“I can’t believe I forgot about it! So stupid!!” he yelled at himself. Somehow the device had rolled off his desk and into the corner of the room.
Mia was the one that found it, she walked over and picked it up “What is this?”
Chuck looked up with a brightened face “You found it!” he pulled it out of her fingers. Without explaining, he placed it in his ear “Erin, come in!”
Becca turned to Doug with widened eyes “I think he’s lost it.” She whispered.
“Shhh!” Mia turned to Becca to hush her “Chuck, is there something you should be telling us?”
He put up his hands to silence her “Erin, come in. Can you hear me? Erin!” he gave up after minutes of trying. He turned to the team “I guess I should explain.”
“Yes! You should.” Darren walked in as he threw the wrinkled old red folder at Chuck.
“Darren, what’s going on? Why are you so mad?” Mia asked in confusion.
“You know.” Chuck lowered his head with embarrassment.
Becca shook her head “Okay, someone explain something.”
Ted turned to Darren “What did you find?”
Darren pointed a finger at Chuck “Our trustworthy lieutenant has been hiding a lie since the first day he met us!” he spat with anger “How could you not tell us you’re Erin’s uncle?”
“What??!!” the group blurted out in unison.
“You were present when they signed the inheritance paper! You are the girls’ mother’s brother. What is your motive in this? Why did you have to keep this secret? Is it because the documents say if the inheritance doesn’t go to the Yeung or Keung’s that you would be the rightful owner of the money?” Darren accused.
Chuck widened his eyes “What?”
“Right, you like to play dumb!” Darren shook his head “I can’t believe you. You would sabotage your own nieces’ lives so you can get some money. Tell me, is your conscience dead?”
“No wonder he was so nice to her.” Becca snickered.
“Chuck, is this true?” Ted asked, he didn’t want to believe it himself.
“Yes, I knew Erin and Shelly were my nieces, but I just recently found out.” Chuck explained with earnest eyes “And I did NOT know about the inheritance plan. I was just present when my sister asked me to sign. I didn’t read anything!” he insisted.
Darren turned away in disbelieve while Doug read Chuck’s reaction “Okay, let’s say you’re telling the truth. How do you explain the ear piece?”
Chuck turned to Ted for backup “Remember a couple of days ago, I told you there was something that I can’t remember?” Ted nodded blankly “Well, it was this.” He pulled out the black device and showed the team “This is the state of the art headset, which is not any different from what we’re using except that it cannot be tampered with. There is only two made at this time and I gave one to Erin. It was part of our plan for her to be kidnapped. She was to use this as a contact device with me. Blame it on my old age or clumsiness but I forgot all about it. She might have tried to contact me before but gave up because I didn’t answer. It just occurred to me right now.”
Becca rolled her eyes “Sounds good.” She said with much sarcasm.
“It is the truth, whether you believe it or not.” Chuck said firmly “I would not put her in any danger if I knew she could not handle it. Trust me, the lie has been eating me alive, I wanted nothing more than to tell her the truth, but I knew she could not handle it. She’s barely gotten over Brad’s death or maybe she’s not even over it.”
Mia turned to the guys “What do you think?” she wanted to hear what they had to say.
Darren shook his head “Sounds like a bunch of crock to me... but I believe him.” He smiled when Chuck looked relieved “I was just testing you. The money doesn't go to you, it goes to the girls when Erin turns 35. TK on the other hand doesn't get a dime. Apparently, his father didn't favor him too much.”
Ted nodded “You have given us no reason to suspect you. I believe you.”
“I have to follow the crowd.” Doug replied with a grin.
Ryan shrugged “It’s believable.”
“Oh come on guys!!” Becca pointed, “He’s clearly lying to our faces. I say we sign a petition and get him out of the team!!” The guys shook their heads as she turned to Mia “Are you with me? Woman power!” she raised her hand.
“Sorry Becca, I’m with the guys on this one.” Mia said apologetically.
“You’re welcome to leave if you want.” Chuck nodded at the door. He had a victory grin on his face that she wanted to wipe off with her butt.
Becca let out a long sigh “Fine.”
“You’re leaving?” Doug asked with curious eyes.
“No!” she snapped “But if he takes us down, don’t come crying to me!”
“Okay, Ted you keep the ear piece. I’m tired of sitting around and waiting. We’re going to search all the islands around until we find them. Even if it takes three days!” Chuck handed over the piece as he turned to the rest “I’ll be here and keeping in contact. You guys get ready. I’ll have Joe set up speedboats for you guys. Darren and Ted, you take one. Doug and Becca, you take the other. Mia and Ryan, you take the third one.”
Doug raised his hand causing everyone to pause “Can I change partners?”
Becca tilted her head slyly “What’s wrong? Can’t handle a REAL woman?”
“No, I’m afraid I might accidentally push you off the boat if you tried to caress me or something.” Doug replied.
“Oh get over yourself! It’s only fun if you like it.” Becca snapped.
“I’ve decided.” Chuck ordered “Now MOVE out!!” he roared in command.